FIELD: radio engineering, communication.
SUBSTANCE: invention relates to communication systems. A wireless communication network comprises a plurality of paging controllers configured to communicate with a plurality of base stations in the network coverage area, in which at least one of the plurality of paging controllers is configured to, if a mobile station in the paging area requests to switch to sleep mode, assign the mobile station a paging identification for identifying a mobile station in sleep mode, and transmit the paging identification for identifying a mobile station in sleep mode to the base station communicating with the mobile station, wherein the paging identification for identifying a mobile station in sleep mode is used by the base station to determine a capability index or paging frame in a paging cycle for transmitting a paging message for the mobile station.
EFFECT: faster procedure for connecting to a network.
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